Gas-washer.



No. 70l,6|9. Patented June 3, I902.

P. RIECKE. 1 eA's-wAs|-|En.

(Application filed Nair. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL RIECKE, OF DESSAU, GERMANY.

GAS-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,619, dated June 3, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL RIEOKE, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Dessau, in the Duchy of Anhalt, German Empire, have invented certain new andvuseful Improvements in Gas-Washers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

The present invention relates to that class of gas-washers known as standard washers, in which several wheels or disks are arranged on a common shaft revolving in a cylindrical casing, the lower part of which contains the Washing liquid.

The object of the invention is, on the one hand, to get a maximum amount of washing-. surface in a minimum amount of room, while leaving a perfectly free passage for the gas, and, on the other hand, to clean the washingsurfaces while the apparatus is working. In

' this way the formation of sediment ordepositl which sticks to the disks and blocks the gas passages or openingsis prevented.

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is an elevation of the gas-washer; partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the gas-washer on line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the gas-washer.

The gas-tight casing a. of the gas-washer consists of several compartments 1) and is filled in its lower part with the washing liq uid. The gas to'be washed enters the chamber cat the left side of the washer, passes the single compartments b, and leaves the Washer; through the outlet at at the right-side end of; the washer. Within the casing a rotates a revoluble shaft 6, which can b'edriven as do sired. Mounted on the said-shaft e, more or less adjacent to each other, are disks f, having openings 0, through which the gas passesJ These disks f when rotating take a part of the washing liquidwith them and bring it into contact with the gas entering through the center of the chamber 0 into thecasing a. The gas impinges on the different disks .1 in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 1, and passes out finally through the tube or outlet d.

In order to clean the disks f automatically,

Application filed November 4, 1901. Serial No. 81,103. (No model.)

chains 9 are arranged between'them, Fig. 1,

which are suspended on the hub h of the shaft e and preferably so as to reach around the circumference of thedisks f. Instead of said,

chains 9 radially-arranged staves t can also be used, as shown in Fig. 3, or any other equivalent means.

By means of the chains 9 or staves z lying betweenthe side surfaces of the disks f any narrowing'of the space between thedisks and the formation of sediment on the latter or blocking of the gas-holes is effectively prevented, so that the gas can pass through the washer without any objectionable hindrance.

Vhat I desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A gas-washer,comprising an exterior casing, vertical partitions therein forming compartments communicating with each other adjacent to the center of the casing, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the casing, perforated disks fastened to the shaft in each of said compartments, for the purpose specified, and agitator-chains hung loosely over the shaft between the disks.

2. A gas-washer,oomprisin g an exterior casin g,-verti cal partitions therein forming compartments communicating with each other adjacent to the center of the casing, a rotary shaft .extendingthrough the casing, perforated disks fastened to the shaft in each of said compartments, for the purpose specified, and agitator devices hung loosely from the shaft between the disks.

3. A gas washer, comprising a casing having a gas-inlet and agas-outlet respectively at its end portions, a rotary shaft running through thercasing, disks fastened to the shaft and turning therewith to retard the passage of the gas, and agitator devices hung loosely from the shaft between the disks, whereby to clean the disks as they turn.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,this 16th day of October, 1901, in the presence. of' two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL 'RIECKE.

Witnesses: CHARLES L. SIMPLE,

CARL SGHMI'IT. 

